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St. Patrick's DaySlide2
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the
northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe.People who live in Ireland are called Irish.The capital city of Ireland is Dublin.Slide3
Symbols of Ireland
The national
flag
of Ireland is green white, and orange.A shamrock is a three-leaved clover.Three is Ireland´s magic number and the Irish say three-leafed shamrocks bring good luck.Slide4
The Emerald Isle
Green
is the Irish
color.
First, because the green shamrock leaf is the national
plant
of
Ireland
.
Secondly
,
because
Ireland
is called the “Emerald Isle” because of its vast green pastures.Slide5
Saint Patrick's Day
Saint
Patrick´s
Day is
celebrated each
year on March 17th.In Ireland, Saint Patrick´s Day is a national
holiday.Saint
Patrick
is
the
patron
saint
of Ireland.Slide6
Saint
Patrick's
LifeHe
was born
in the year 385 and died on March 17th around
the year
460
.
Saint
Patrick
had
an
adventurous life. He was captured by pirates at the age of 16. The Irish pirates
brought
him
to
England
and sold him as a slave.Slide7
Saint Patrick's life
He
escaped
to France and became a monk.In 432, he returned to Ireland
. He was the one
who brought Christianity to the Irish. He taught many of the people of Ireland to read and write.Slide8
St. Patrick and the snakes
According
to
another legend,
St.
Patrick drove all the snakes in Ireland out
of
the
country
and
into
the sea. The absence of snakes in Ireland gave rise to the legend that they had all been banished by St. Patrick chasing them into the sea after they attacked him during a 40-day fast he was undertaking on top of a hill.Slide9
St. Patrick's Day
Although
St. Patrick's Day began
in Ireland
, it is celebrated in countries around the world.Many people
wear green
on
this
day
.Slide10
St. Patrick's Day parades
Saint
Patrick’s
Day is usually
celebrated with
a parade. The one in Dublin, the capital city of Ireland, is
known to some as
the
Irish
Mardi
Gras
.
The
first St. Patrick’s Day celebration in the United States was held in Boston
in
1737.
The
largest
St. Patrick’s Day
parade is
in New York
City. It
lasts
for
hours
.Slide11
Irish legends
There
are
legends that go
along with Saint
Patrick’s Day. A popular legend is about the leprechaun. Leprechauns are tiny people
dressed in
green
and
they
collect
pots of gold.Slide12
Irish legends
The
legend says that if
you catch
a leprechaun, he will lead you to his pot of gold. Leprechauns
hide
their
pots
of
gold
at
the end of the rainbow.And if you are lucky enough to find a lepechaun, don´t
take
your
eyes
off him, becouse he´ll dissapear
with his pot
of gold
.Slide13